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Human BPHL Protein (His Tag)

BPH-RP,MCNAA,VACVASE

Catalog Number P13675-H07E
Organism Species Human
Host E. coli
Synonyms BPH-RP,MCNAA,VACVASE
Molecular Weight The recombinant human BPHL consists of 268 amino acids and predicts a molecular mass of 30.7 KDa. It migrates as an approximately 31 KDa band in SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions.
predicted N His
SDS-PAGE
Purity > 95 % as determined by SDS-PAGE
Protein Construction A DNA sequence encoding the mature form of human BPHL (Q86WA6-1) (Ser38-Gln291) was expressed with a polyhistide tag at the N-terminus.
Bio-activity
Research Area Cardiovascular |Cardiovascular disease Therapeutic Targets |Coronary Artery Disease Therapeutic Targets
Formulation Lyophilized from sterile 20mM Tris, 50mM NaCl, 10% glycerol, pH 8.0
1. Normally 5 % - 8 % trehalose, mannitol and 0.01% Tween80 are added as protectants before lyophilization. Specific concentrations are included in the hardcopy of COA.
Background BPHL is a member of the serine protease family. BPHL is expressed large quantities in liver and kidney and in minor quantities in heart, intestine and skeletal muscle. BPHL is a specific alpha-amino acid ester hydrolase that prefers small, hydrophobic, and aromatic side chains and does not have a stringent requirement for the leaving group other than preferring a primary alcohol. It catalyzes the hydrolytic activation of amino acid ester prodrugs of nucleoside analogs such as valacyclovir and valganciclovir. BPHL also activates valacyclovir to acyclovir. It may play a role in detoxification processes.
Reference
  • Lai L. et al., 2008, J Biol Chem. 283 (14): 9318-27.
  • Davila S. et al., 2010, Genes Immun. 11 (3): 232-8.
  • Hendrickson SL. et al., 2010, PLoS One. 5 (9): e12862.